ART: When You Needed Saving [G] Gaius, Merlin

[merlin-hols.livejournal.com]

Title: When You Needed Saving
Recipient: kriadydragon
Artist: Anon
Rating: G
Characters: Gaius, Merlin
Medium: Chalk pastel on black paper
Content Notes/Warnings: Gaius caring for an unconscious Merlin.
Artist's Notes: Happy Holidays, kriadydragon! I was delighted to draw on several of the elements in your signup, not least of which were hurt/comfort with an emphasis on comfort, helpless and hurt!Merlin, friendship, brotherly love, Arthur or someone else taking care of Merlin for a change, and sick Merlin being cared for by Arthur, one of the knights or Gaius. Title taken from The Decemberist's song, "Dear Avery," which always makes me think of Gaius and Merlin.






Also on AO3: http://archiveofourown.org/works/1053163

Comments

[mrs-leary.livejournal.com]

So very lovely! The warm and cool light, and the obvious concern and care that Gaius feels, are beautifully done and indeed very canonical! :-) It's deceptively simple yet rather unusual, I think, especially the highlights on Merlin's face. Very well done!

[altocello.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! I do love playing the warm/cool colors off of each other, and they also have the advantage of giving a rather immediate sense of place without me going to great lengths to establish the setting. :D I am so glad that sense of concern and care came through so clearly, as I really love the relationship these two have in canon (I feel I should add that I'm happy to think of them in a less... familial... relationship too, lol, but you knew that :D). And yes, I had to balance the colors very carefully in all of this; Merlin's face was especially tricky with the two light sources playing so close to each other. There was a lot I had to just leave blank too, like the side of Gaius' face and much of his sleeve, and I can't tell you how many times I drew and erased those folds on his sleeves until I thought they were just right, LOL! <3